Troy Tulowitzki and Nolan Arenado combine for rare 6-5-3 putout

Even for a players as good as Troy Tulowitzki and Nolan Arenado, they still need spring training to work out the kinks.

The left side of the Rockies’ infield was slightly out of sync during Colorado’s Cactus League game against the Angels on Tuesday, though Arenado managed to show off his great defensive ability on a play where the duo weren’t on the same page.

With Kole Calhoun standing at second base, Albert Pujols bounced a ball to short that was fielded by Tulowitzki.

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Tulowitzki thought he had a chance to nail Calhoun at third. He fired the ball Arenado’s way, but the Rockies’ third baseman hadn’t reached the base yet and wasn’t in a position to make a tag.

Arenado knew as soon as he received the ball that he couldn’t reach the runner, so he threw it to first baseman Justin Morneau in time to retire Pujols, completing a play that goes down as the oft-used 6-5-3 groundout in your scorebook.

“That’s a first for me,” Rockies manager Walt Weiss said after the game. “But nothing surprises me that Nolan does. Pretty good awareness right there, to get that ball away as quickly as he did.”

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Maybe the next time the same scenario comes up, Tulowitzki and Arenado will have figured out the timing to get the runners at third and at first. Now that’s a play we’d love to see.

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